Easy to drive, but boring

For those who drive on gravel roads, or do not
crave horsepower or breathtaking brakes and those on a tight budget, this might
be a bike worth doing a test run on. This model is currently not offered on
the American marked.

First glance

For some reason this bike reminds
me of Batman at first glance. The color combination is good, and I have always
liked the duel purpose bikes. But the design on this one is not to my taste, it
sort of looks very old fashion. Which can have someting to do with the price,
special details and the latest upgrades costs money.

Driveline

There is not a lot of power in
this bike, but for the shoter trips or a gravel road this bike will work just
fine. But the engine has no caracter, no mater what the rpm is, there is no guts
in it. To keep the little power alert you have to keep it over 4.000 rpm. When I go on and off the accelorator there is no jerk's as many bikes have.
The gear box has long travell between the gears, so two or more quick shifts are
a little difficult.

On road

The bike feels quite light when i
drive it, and the suspesion is very soft. On a good road it feel comfortable and
the driving position is very good, and the wind screen gives the driver a nice
and more or less wind free journey. But the screen do give the driver some
turbulent noise. The wind screens for the hands really makes the different when
the air temperature is as low as it was on this day. Even in thin summer gloves
my hands was nice and warm. When I increase the speed and start
pushing around bends, I really feel that the suspension is way too soft for this
kind of driving.

Stopping the bike quickly is no
easy task, and even if you squeeze the break hard, the breaks never get's very
good.

In the round
mirrors you get a good veiw of what is behind you. Overtaking cars is a lot
slower than what I am used to, but if you go down a couple of gears it is fairly
quick.

Conclusion

The price plays
an importan role for this bike, the competition is more expensive, but also
better in most cases. But if you are on a budget some comprimaces has to be
made. For me this bike falls a little short, mostly because of the bad breaks,
soft suspension and a little week engine. My dream was if they upgraded the
suspension, brought the breaks up to speed and shoehorned in their own
ER-6n/Ninja 650R engine. But then again, this would not be a low budget bike
anymore.